The life mission theory VI. A theory for the human character: healing with holistic medicine through recovery of character and purpose of life

S Ventegodt, M Kromann… - The Scientific World …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The human character can be understood as an extension of the life mission or purpose of
life, and explained as the primary tool of a person to impact others and express the purpose …

The life mission theory VII. Theory of existential (Antonovsky) coherence: a theory of quality of life, health, and ability for use in holistic medicine

S Ventegodt, T Flensborg-Madsen… - The scientific world …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
A theoretical framework of existential coherence is presented, explaining how health, quality
of life (QOL), and the ability to function were originally created and developed to rehabilitate …

Clinical holistic medicine: the existential crisis—life crisis, stress, and burnout

S Ventegodt, I Kandel, S Neikrug… - The Scientific World …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The triple and parallel loss of quality of life, health, and ability without an organic reason is
what we normally recognize as a life crisis, stress, or a burnout. Not being in control is often …

Clinical holistic medicine: tools for a medical science based on consciousness

S Ventegodt, M Morad, NJ Andersen… - The Scientific World …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Biomedicine focuses on the biochemistry of the body, while consciousness‐based medicine—
holistic medicine—focuses on the individual′ s experiences and conscious whole (Greek …

The life mission theory: a theory for a consciousness-based medicine

S Ventegodt - International journal of adolescent medicine and …, 2003 - degruyter.com
Genetic factors, external stress and the human factor are influential to the health and
wellbeing of every person. Several studies have shown that the human being have many …

Holistic medicine III: the holistic process theory of healing

S Ventegodt, NJ Andersen… - The Scientific World …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
It is possible to understand the process of healing from a holistic perspective. According to
the life mission theory, we can stretch our existence and lower our quality of life when we are …

Clinical holistic medicine: holistic rehabilitation

S Ventegodt, M Gringols… - The Scientific World …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Quality of life, health, and ability are often lost at the same time and most often in one
decaying existential movement over 5 or 10 years. This “lost life” is mostly too slow to be felt …

Quality of Life as Medicine III. A Qualitative Analysis of the Effect of a Five‐Day Intervention with Existential Holistic Group Therapy or a Quality of Life Course as a …

S Ventegodt, B Clausen, M Langhorn… - The Scientific World …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Existential group therapy seems to be a very efficient way of inducing the holistic state of
healing, described in the holistic process theory of healing. We have designed a series of …

Clinical Holistic Medicine: Applied Consciousness‐Based Medicine

S Ventegodt, J Merrick - The Scientific World Journal, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Consciousness‐based medicine is our term for a form of medical treatment that works by
direct appeal to the consciousness of the patient, in contrast to modern biomedical treatment …

Clinical holistic medicine: The case story of Anna. III. Rehabilitation of philosophy of life during holistic existential therapy for childhood sexual abuse

S Ventegodt, B Clausen… - The Scientific World …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
When we experience life events with overwhelming emotional pain, we can escape this pain
by making decisions (in our mind) that transfer responsibility from our existence to the …